National Geographic Kids USA – September 2019

FEDOR SELIVANOV / SHUTTERSTOCK (TOWER); MARK THIESSEN / NG STAFF (GEO CHAMPIONSHIPS)

Congratulations to the 2019 winners of the National

Geographic Geo Championships: Nihar Janga (right),

14, from Austin, Texas, won the GeoBee; and fifth-

graders (from left) Alex Jun, Natanel Rozic, Jeremiah

Pierre, and Victor Jimenez, from Flushing, New York,

took the top prize in the GeoChallenge with their idea

to remove plastic from the Hudson River. Go online to

learn more about the Geo Championships.

natgeokids.com/geochampionships

Ask your teacher to register your school for the

2020 Geo Championships by December 2019!

BIG WINNERS!

6 NAT GEO KIDS^ •^ SEPTEMBER 2019

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You have

to climb a

293-step spiral

staircase

to reach the top of the

Leaning Tower

of Pisa.

About

one-tenth of the

Ear th’s surface

is covered

with^ ice.

New

Zealand

has more

sheep

than

people.

BY ERIN WHITMER

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The

Nile River

is longer than

the distance from

Washington, D.C.,

to

Los Angeles,

California.

Death

Valley,

California, is the^

hot test place in

Nor th

America.

You have

to climb a

293-step spiral

staircase

to reach the top of the

Leaning Tower

of Pisa.

About

one-tenth of the

Ear th’s surface

is covered

with^ ice.

New

Zealand

has more

sheep

than

people.

6 BY ERIN WHITMER

wacky facts about

the world

wacky facts about

the world

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